{"id":471,"date":"2018-07-02T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/02\/4-species-of-dolphins-today\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:37:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:37:58","slug":"4-species-of-dolphins-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/4-species-of-dolphins-today\/","title":{"rendered":"4 species of dolphins today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Today was a dolphin day! In the morning we were able to spot 3 different species. First, a big group of atlantic spotted dolphins, very energetic, always jumping and playing on the waves (that were big!). Then we moved for a smaller group of bottlenose dolphins and to finish, we travelled a bit more to see a very small group of Risso&#8217;s dolphin, only about 6 of them and very, very shy.<\/span><br style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: white;\">In the afternoon, we thought we wouldn&#8217;t find any species, but surprise, surprise&#8230; our zodiac boat spotted two different species together: bottlenose dolphins and pilot whales!<\/p>\n<p>Photos by David Rodrigues and Markus Nester<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pintadosdavid.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"829\" data-original-width=\"989\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pintadosdavid.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><b>Group of atlantic spotted dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BaleiaspilotoMarkusNester.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"554\" data-original-width=\"962\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BaleiaspilotoMarkusNester.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pilot whales<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hidrofone.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"829\" data-original-width=\"557\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hidrofone.png\" width=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Our crew doing research<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rissos.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"648\" data-original-width=\"972\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rissos.png\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Risso&#8217;s dolphins<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today was a dolphin day! 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